Description:

With over 14,500 entries, this dictionary is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind available today. It has arisen from the realization, born during undergraduate days, that there is a need for a zoological work that combines the concise presentation of a dictionary, a brief etymology and the inclusion of the general terms one would meet during a zoology course. Vertebrate zoology is not, of course, studied in isolation, therefore the more common terms from the fields of animal behavior, biochemistry, cytology, ecology, evolution, genetics, palaeontology, physiology, systematics and zoogeography have been included. There is comprehensive taxonomic coverage of every family, and many species that are of particular interest. Plus appendices giving an outline classification of the animal kingdom and providing an overview of geological time the major events. This dictionary is the standard reference and will be invaluable to everyone with an interest in zoology. For more details see www.trw-books.com